- IE CA AMI/2/10/3/16
- Stuk
- c.1933
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) in Northern Rhodesia.
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Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) in Northern Rhodesia.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Capuchin friars (including Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. and Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.) with local inhabitants at the Loanja mission station in Northern Rhodesia.
Report on the Barotseland Mission
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Report by Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. sent to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the progress of the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. Reference is made to the difficulties encountered by the first missionaries (including Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) and Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap.); the establishment of the Loanja mission; negotiations with government authorities and tribal leaders; the work of other missionary orders including the White Fathers and the Jesuits. Fr. Declan concludes ‘as regards the mission outlook in general in Barotseland, I must candidly state it is going to be a very tough problem. The whole territory is fearfully primitive and undeveloped. The only transport help of a convenient or modern touch that we have as an ally is a spasmodic lumber train which carries us from Livingstone to the Barotse border’.
McFadden, Declan, 1901-1979, Capuchin priest
Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. and Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Studio photographic print of (left to right) Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. and Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. in Ireland before their departure for the African mission.
Capuchin Friars at Victoria Falls
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
(From left) Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. at Victoria Falls in Northern Rhodesia.